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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
7K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Rock Hudson is Roger Willoughby, a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige (Paula Prentiss), a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
Style:
slapstick, romantic comedy, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, slapstick comedy, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
screwball, fishing, writers, fisherman, lake, contest, farce, love and romance, fall in love, self discovery, love affair, rivalry, store, ambition, workplace intrigue, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, disorder, silly humor, workplace, goofy hero, blonde, pianist, boss, male female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
san francisco, england, ireland, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
87%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, retro, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
spy, spying, cold war, mistaken identity, nasa, espionage, happy ending, island, spy spoof, writers, radio, love ...
Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat, romantic comedy
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gender bending, partner, friends, couples, disorder, love and romance, gender, goofy hero, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, buddies, fall in love ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love affair, hidden identity, starting over, hopes, disorder, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, male female relationship, first date, sexy woman ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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76%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, offbeat, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
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90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Its Barbershop for Rednecks. Bill is a bait shop owner who has to make a balloon payment of $15,000 or else the bank will close his shop. Unable to make the payment from the proceeds of the shop, Bill must compete in the annual Bass Tournament, ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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73%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hungary, USA, UK, Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on – his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
70%
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Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, light, feel good, witty, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, baltimore, philadelphia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
65%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
justice, happy ending, love story, neighbor, buddies, love and romance, unfulfilled love, friendship, looking for love, couples, disorder, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
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Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
63%
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couple relations, filmmaking, couples, hidden identity, actor's life, disorder, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, frame up, dishonesty, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, disgusting, slapstick ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, silly humor, disorder, rivalry, contests and competitions, social misfits, goofy hero, misfit, ambition, fictional reality show, television, rivals ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
61%
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Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, exciting, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gendarme, nun, farce, fall in love, father daughter relationship, marriage, humiliation, boss and employee, goofy hero, disorder, workplace, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
saint tropez, french riviera, france, cote d'azur, riviera ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wedding, fish out of water, father daughter relationship, win over, disorder, love and romance, womanizer, life turned upside down, wooing, couples, independence movement, amor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, basque country, europe
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, captivating, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
hilarious, funny, romantic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Javier se ha casado con María, el amor de su vida, y ahora lo único que desea es estar feliz con ella el resto de su vida, pero el destino se la quita poco después de la boda. Ahora Javier está enredado en sus emociones: ¿cómo aceptará la ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic, talky
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
family relations, breakup, looking for love, obsession, nothing goes right, couples, silly humor, disorder, introspection, couple relations, love and romance, new love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, semi serious, witty, talky ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
politics, fall in love, farce, society, love and romance, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, san francisco, las vegas
Similarity:
60%
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